Alien, Linus and Bill

From FON Wiki Beta

Everyone who creates a FON account and joins our Community is called a “Fonero”, regardless of whether or not they have a La Fonera router and are sharing bandwidth.

We affectionately call the different types of Foneros -- depending on whether and how they share their WiFi – Linus, Bill, or Alien. Remember that all Foneros can access FON Spot, but only those who have a La Fonera router (Linuses and Bills) can access them free of charge.

• A Linus (named for Linus Torvalds, founder of the Linux project) has a La Fonera router, shares WiFi and gets free roaming at any FON Spot.

• A Bill^* (named for Bill Gates) has a La Fonera router, shares WiFi, gets free roaming at any FON Spot, and gets 50% of the revenues when a visitor purchases a FON pass at their FON Spot.

• An Alien does not have a La Fonera router and is not sharing broadband with the rest of us. Aliens have an active account with FON, receive community information and access FON Spot by purchasing passes.

Related pages

• Change your FON profile from Linus to Bill (and vice versa)
• About Bills, WiFi Money and your piggy bank

Exceptions

Bills are currently not available in Japan, Russia and the UK.